푸틴 "한국, 우크라에 살상무기 제공하면 아주 큰 실수"
Putin has warned South Korea that providing lethal weapons to Ukraine would be a "big mistake" and said that Russia might supply high-precision weapons to North Korea.
Our Choi Soo-hyung tells us more.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that it will be a "big mistake" if South Korea provides lethal weapons to Ukraine and that Russia will respond if it does.
According to TASS and Sputnik news agencies, President Putin made the statement during a press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam on Thursday, as he concluded his tour of North Korea and Vietnam.
On the same day, South Korea’s presidential office said it would reconsider the issue of providing weapons to Ukraine criticizing the "Treaty on the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership" signed by North Korea and Russia.
So far, the South Korean government has maintained a principle of not supplying lethal weapons to Ukraine.
Regarding the North and Russia signing the treaty, Putin said there is nothing new compared to the one signed in the 1960s and that South Korea does not need to worry as the military assistance only applies when either one is attacked.
Putin also mentioned that Moscow has not asked Pyongyang for any support for its "special military operation" in Ukraine.
However, he added that Russia is currently monitoring the situation as Ukraine's attacks on the border area of Belgorod with Western long-range weapons are considered an invasion.
He also said that Moscow does not rule out providing Pyongyang with high-precision weapons in response to Western countries providing weapons to Ukraine.
The Russian president said that while the crisis on the Korean Peninsula is heating up he hopes the treaty with North Korea and Russia will have some deterrent effect.
Choi Soo-hyung, Arirang News.
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2024-06-21, 09:00 (KST)
